They are as bad as the New York Slimes, the Associated Pukes, Rotters and all the rest as to egregious bias against the LatAm Left. What are they up to here? Cuz they're up to something, no doubt about it.

Question no.1: Why did they publish this at all? It is very old news. And apart from percentage declines in public opinion polls (and we don't know what questions were asked, and we do know that opinion polls disfavor the poor), LatAm is still a very overwhelmingly Catholic region, with a new pope visiting, one of their own. Should the story be about the old news of declining percentages or should that be a mere footnote to a LatAm pope visiting LatAm with a strong anti-capitalist message?

Question no. 2: What is all this vague, opinion stuff from the reporter, such as "the celebrations are more muted than in the past." Facts, please. For instance, were the celebrations deliberately muted so as not to be ostentatious (aggravating to the poor)? HOW are the celebrations "more muted"? This broad assertion requires at least some facts to back it up. And, "Brazil has the most (Catholics); Mexico, smaller but more devout, is not far behind...". How do you figure out how "devout" somebody is? That is just bullshit writing. Why is the Economyst publishing this bullshit article at this time?

I think it's Pope Francis' anti-capitalist statements (just last week, as I recall). They've got to publish something about his trip, and it's got to be negative. Dig into the files and find the negative "spin," the reporter seems to have been instructed.

U.S. American fundies have gone after LatAm in an all out assault. They had the President of Guatemala within their ranks in the 1980's, as he applied himself to genocide, they converted members of the death squads of his country, indoctrinated them to despise the Catholic Church, and as you may remember, the Holy Roller Pentecostal Church has been all over the place in the last few decades, even Cuba. People in the holy roller church services in Cuba, too, are flinging their arms in the air and rocking back and forth in some self-righteous, "holier than thou" charade on a weekly basis.

The Pentecostal-fueled Central American death squads left an indelible impression upon the survivors who live on with the stories of soldiers bashing babies heads against tree trunks, raping the women, hacking away at everyone with machetes, burning them alive in their homes, or throwing them, alive or dead, down wells.

There IS a war against the LatAm Catholic Church by those who would invade and steal the land, and enslave the people. And, of course, there's a war against the poor by some of the elites of the Catholic Church, itself.

There is an ongoing intention to take the Americas below the border and use them to the total benefit of foreign interests and the necessary turncoats and greedbags who sell themselves to foreign interests in order to assist the rape, pillage, and enslavement in true non-democratic style, or, business as usual.

there has been a small but steady increase in Evangelical Christians over the past couple decades which those of us who are familiar with Latin American already know.

The most annoying thing I find is they sometimes proselytize and almost always broadcast their services outside the confines of the building where they host the service which can be extremely annoying.

Glad you've caught up with the decades long trend.